Database Administrator I Manchester I Financial Services

I'm working with a great consultancy who are on the lookout for a Database Administrator to join them supporting one of their financial services clients.

The role is for an 3rd of March start until September initially with high probability of extension. Day rate is circa £447.50/day Inside IR35.

The role is based in Manchester and you will need to be in the office to 2-3 days per week.

Primary Skills:

• Must have hands on experience as Database Administration specifically with MongoDB, PostgreSQL/Oracle.
• Working with database software to find ways to store, organise and manage data
• Expert knowledge of RDBMS and NoSQL data stores and working with a variety of structures including JSON and XML
• Experience of software development with distributed data processing technologies including Oracle, MongoDB, PostgreSQL
• Experience in keeping databases up to date, troubleshooting, helping with database design & development, and managing database access.
• Experience in designing maintenance procedures and putting them into operation.
• Liaising with programmers, applications/operational staff, IT project managers and other technical staff
• Managing database security/integrity and backup procedures, implementing security measures.

Secondary Skills:

• Writing reports, documentation, and operating manuals
• Testing and modifying databases to ensure that they operate reliably
• Writing disaster recovery plans and archiving/housekeeping data.
• Knowledge of Cloud platforms, serverless architecture preferable
• Good understanding of software patterns and when/how to apply them
• Knowledge of Kafka will be advantageous
• Experience of working in an Agile/DevOps software development environment
• Have ability to help with mentoring tasks.
• Have experience in working on Support activities

Database Administrator I Manchester I Financial Services